Network Working Group B. Leiba
Internet-Draft Huawei Technologies
Updates: 2648,3553 (if approved) February 14, 2013
Intended status: Informational
Expires: August 16, 2013
Registration of Second-Level URN Namespaces Under "ietf"draft-leiba-urnbis-ietf-namespace-02
Abstract
RFC 2648 defines the "ietf" URN namespace, and defines a number of
sub-namespaces. RFC 3553 defines an additional sub-namespace,
"params", and creates a registry to document allocations under that.
But there is no registry that lists, in one place, all sub-namespaces
of "ietf". This document creates and populates such a registry, and
updates RFC 2648 and RFC 3553 to refer readers of those documents to
this registry.
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1. IntroductionLeiba Expires August 16, 2013 [Page 1]

Internet-Draft IETF URN namespace registry February 2013
"A URN Namespace for IETF Documents" [RFC2648] defines the "ietf" URN
namespace, and defines a number of sub-namespaces. "An IETF URN Sub-
namespace for Registered Protocol Parameters" [RFC3553] defines an
additional sub-namespace, "params", and creates a registry to
document allocations under that. But there is no registry that
lists, in one place, all sub-namespaces of "ietf". This document
creates and populates such a registry, and updates RFC 2648 and RFC3553 to refer readers of those documents to this registry.
2. IANA Considerations
There is currently a top-level registry group called "IETF Protocol
Parameter Identifiers", which contains one registry, "IETF URN Sub-
namespace for Registered Protocol Parameters". IANA is asked to take
the following three actions:
Action 1: Rename the group "IETF Protocol Parameter Identifiers",
giving it the new name "Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for
IETF Use". The existing registry in that group will remain, and its
name will be unchanged.
Action 2: Add a new registry to the renamed group. The new registry
will be called "IETF URN Sub-namespaces", and new registrations will
use the IETF Review policy [RFC5226], which provides for IETF
consensus in order to add a new URN namespace under "ietf". The new
registry will appear first in the group, to provide a human-friendly,
top-down resolution of the namespace hierarchy.
Action 3: Populate the new registry as follows:
IETF URN Sub-namespaces
Registration Procedures: IETF Review
Reference: [RFCXXXX]
Note: This is the Official Registry for sub-namespaces of the 'IETF'
URN Namespace.
Sub-namespace | Reference | IANA Registry Reference
--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------
rfc | [RFC2648] | none
fyi | [RFC2648] | none
std | [RFC2648] | none
bcp | [RFC2648] | none
id | [RFC2648] | none
mtg | [RFC2648] | none
params | [RFC3553] | [http://www.iana.org/assignments/params]
--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------
[[IANA and RFC Editor: Please replace "XXXX", above, with this RFC
number, and remove this note.]]
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